Excel Data Cleaner

Fix messy spreadsheets in one pass.

Trim stray whitespace, strip non-printing characters, collapse double spaces, remove empty rows and columns, standardise capitalisation and normalise line endings. Each fix is a toggle, and the preview shows exactly how many cells each one touches.

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Excel and spreadsheet files only. Export from Google Sheets as .xlsx or .csv.

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What it does well

  • Twelve independent cleaning rules with per-rule impact counts
  • Non-printing and zero-width character removal that fixes broken lookups
  • Column-scoped rules so you can clean names without touching descriptions

How to use Excel Data Cleaner

  1. 1

    Upload the workbook you want to clean.

  2. 2

    Toggle the cleaning rules you need.

  3. 3

    Check the impact counts shown next to each rule.

  4. 4

    Apply and download the cleaned file.

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How to use Excel Data Cleaner

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Common problems and fixes

Rows that look empty were not removed.

They contain a formula returning "" or a single space. Enable “Treat blank-looking cells as empty” before the empty-row rule runs.

Proper case turned “IBM” into “Ibm”.

Add IBM to the acronym exceptions list, which the casing rule leaves untouched.

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